Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee

Inquiry into the Police Integrity Bill 2008

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Summary

On the 9 May 2008, the Legislative Council referred the Police Integrity Bill 2008 to the Committee.

The Committee advertised the inquiry and sought public submissions in The Age and the Herald-Sun newspapers on Thursday, 15 May 2008. The Committee also circulated a notice in identidcal terms to parties believed to have an interest in the inquiry.>>see submissions below

The Committee held public hearings on 4 June 2008. >>see transcripts of evidence below

The Committee tabled its Report on the Police Integrity Bill 2008 on 10 June 2008.

Terms of Reference

Extracted from the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council
No 69 — Friday, 9 May 2008

6. POLICE INTEGRITY BILL 2008 – Question — That the Police Integrity Bill 2008 be referred to the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee for public inquiry, consideration and report within one month of the passage of this Resolution — put.

The Council divided — The President in the Chair.

AYES, 20 NOES, 18

Question agreed to.

Submissions

The Committee received the following submissions concerning the reference -

• Police Association (Victoria) - PDF 1.24Kb

• Liberty Victoria and the Australian Centre for Human Rights Education, RMIT (Joint submission) - PDF 87Kb

• Victorian Privacy Commissioner - PDF 1.13Mb

• West Heidelberg Community Legal Service - PDF 16Kb

• Health Services Commissioner - PDF 55Kb

Transcripts of evidence

The Committee held public hearings on 4 June 2008 where evidence was taken from the following organisations -

• Mr Gregory Davies, Manager (Discipline/Legal), Police Association (Vic.) [PDF 184Kb, MSWord 107Kb)

• Mr Julian Burnside, QC (Barrister) and Ms Georgia King-Siem (Barrister), Liberty Victoria and the Australian Centre for Human Rights Education, RMIT (Joint Submission), [PDF 184Kb, MSWord 95Kb)

• Dr Graham Hill, Director, Legal Branch, Department of Premier and Cabinet [PDF 184Kb, MSWord 76Kb)

Full Transcript - 4 June 2008 [PDF 178Kb, MSWord 209Kb)

Report on the Police Integrity Bill 2008

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